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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Irish · 1906–1989 · Draughtsman

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5auction results2007–2023years recorded60%sold (3)$819Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Samuel Beckett, Company, first edition and first printing - deluxe edition limited to 100 copies - published by John Calder, LondonCompanyMorgan O'Driscoll · €850≈ $1,012≈ £729Sign up to see
  2. Samuel Beckett, Lessness, hardcover in slipcase - limited to 100 copies, this copy is number 39 - published by Calder and Boyars, London, 1970LessnessMorgan O'Driscoll · €750≈ $819≈ £644Sign up to see
  3. THE BECKETT COUNTRY: SAMUEL BECKETT'S IRELAND BY EOIN O'BRIENWhyte's · €25≈ $26≈ £22Sign up to see

Samuel Beckett’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Lots sold
3
of 5 offered · 2007–2023
Sell-through
60%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$10$100$1k202220232021-06-28 · $1,0122022-12-12 · $262023-06-26 · $819
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Other5360%$619Sign up$819Sign up$1kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202311$819Sign up
202221$26Sign up
202111$1kSign up
200710—Sign up

Related artists — Irish, born 1881–1931